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  • Too soon? Apple's new iPhone 7 ruffles feathers with Lightning audio, Home button changes

    kpomkpom
    After my first weekend with the iPhone 7, the  new home button feels natural. I don't think it will be that big of a deal to most consumers.
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  • Apple unveils new 13-inch MacBook Pro with Magic Keyboard

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    randominternetperson said:
    A maxed out MacBook Air (with 16 GB RAM and 1 TB of storage) comes in a couple hundred bucks less than the "best" default option at the Apple store.  The main difference between the two appear to be:
    1. Form factor
    2. "1.2GHz quad-core 10th-generation Intel Core i7 processor, Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz" for the Air and "2.0GHz quad-core 10th-generation Intel Core i5 processor, Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz" for the 13-inch.
    3. 2 versus 4 thunderbolt ports.
    4. (edit) "16GB 2133MHz LPDDR3" for the Air and "16GB 3733MHz LPDDR4X" for the Pro.

    Any guesses as to whether the Air with a slower i7 or the Pro with the faster i5 (but both Turbo Boosting to 3.8) would be faster on day-to-day work?  They have the same video card and same number of cores, same amount (but different speed) RAM.  There are likely to perform about the same, right?  So it's just a matter of deciding which form factor you like?
    The Pro (even the 8th generation in the base model) will be much faster at CPU-intensive tasks than the top-of-the-line Air. The Air has a 10Q processor that maxes out around 12W, while the base Pro has a 15W processor that maxes out at 25W, and the top-of-the-line Pro has a 28W processor. In English, it means that the Pros can run at those top Turbo Boost speeds for much longer than the Air. If you push the Air’s CPU, it drops down to about 1.6GHz for sustained use. It gets those Turbo Boost speeds only for short periods of time, which is fine for opening apps, etc. The Pros can sustain them, which is better for things like video encoding.
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  • Kuo: Demand for new MacBook Pro models tepid due to high prices, disappointing specs

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    JayB said:
    I wonder how many commenters are paid by Apple about these things. Along with how many commenters are only getting this new computer cause they work at a tech site.

    Apple is a joke without Steve Jobs. Their new business strategy is change everything just slightly enough to get gullible tech geeks that still think Apple is high end to buy their product. 

    Let's just change all the ports so people t
    Have to buy out our new cords. Lets claim everything not sold directly from us is a fake.
    Let's over price our computer that is using technology from 4 years ago. 

    Funny how all you claim so many people are buying Apple. All my Mac friends have switched to PC in the last few years. So I guess the claim goes both ways.


    You are right. Steve Jobs would never have released a Mac that dropped every legacy port Apple had ever used in the past. /S. 
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  • Apple Silicon Macs are needed for consumers and pro users alike

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    swineone said:
    "This works with any Intel Mac app" [quoted from the article, regarding Rosetta 2]

    Are you sure? Does that include Parallels running x86-64 Windows? It's quite telling that they mentioned Rosetta and virtualization, yet made no mention of this, which could alleviate concerns on many pro users' minds (myself included).
    I think Parallels itself will run, but it was running an ARM version of Linux. It might not be possible to run 32-bit Windows Apps since the OS won’t have access to the full x86 instruction set (Rosetta 2 just translates x64 code since that’s all the Intel code that Catalina and Big Sur support). 
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  • Compared: 2020 MacBook Air i3 versus MacBook Air i7

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    ITGUYINSD said:
    So the multi-core results were 50% faster in the i7 which has 100% more cores?  Why aren't the results closer to 100% faster?
    These are the Y-Series chips. They are up to 10W now but have a maximum up-capacity of 12W. By contrast the chip in the base 13” Pro is nominally 15W but can go up to 25W. Thus the 13” Pro multi core score is about 4x as fast as the single core score, while the multi-score form is only about 2.5-3x as fast. All 4 cores are running, but likely only around 1.7GHz sustained. The single core score is based on the burst speed (3.2 GHZ on the i3 and 3.8 GHz on the i7). 
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  • Apple transition to own ARM chips in Macs rumored to start at WWDC

    kpomkpom
    Nice. Hopefully they bring back the 12” MacBook. 
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  • Review: Apple's entry-level 2020 13-inch MacBook Pro is yesterday's tech for today's price...

    kpomkpom
    I think it is important to point out that the 8th generation chips will still significantly outperform the Air’s chips in CPU-intensive tasks since the Air uses lower power chips that max out around 12W, while the Pros will go up to 25W. That said, I agree they should have made the 15W 10th generation chips available. 
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  • Samsung introduces pair of Studio Display competitors at CES 2023

    kpomkpom
    Finally another 5K panel choice.
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  • NewQ dock adds up to three displays on any M1 & M2 Mac

    kpomkpom
    Note that all 3 monitors display the same. True multi-monitor support is for Windows only, as this uses MST, which macOS does not support.
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  • Apple confirms iOS 17 fix for overheating iPhones is on the way

    kpomkpom
    It’s good to get an official response. It sounds like the fix won’t affect performance. 
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